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    New Cushcraft Squalo Antennas

    Why would you want to run polarized horz. versus vert. on a mobile st up? I can see being able to select either or for a fixed base but in those bands vert. seems the best way to go? Am I am missing something? I am guessing the limiting factor for power is the Balun they are using the rest of...
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    Bored with my 1 day old dipole already

    My atic does not have vents, or anything else metalic. The insulation is from the 1950's no metal backing, the wires stop at the floor and not a lot of it any ways. In the north all the wires, ducting,and other RF sponges as you say are in our basement. I have a two story with attic so the Atic...
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    did an antenna comparison now i feel stupid

    I have never seen any base,middle or top loaded antena out perform a 102 inch SS whip when set up properly! Not for how far you can talk. I have seen some open coil middle load antenna's that had a wider band width.
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    Best C.B antenna for under $150?

    Dipole easy as pie and they talk fantastic. If you are not building it yourself get this guys 11meter dipole. Under $26 shipped to your door I think. 11 METER CB DIPOLE ANTENNA - MADE FOR DISTANCE/USE OUTSIDE OR IN ATTICS-PRETUNED | eBay
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    Smoking crack and Ebay prices....

    Yes but sentimental value does not translate into a price for someone unrelated to that sentiment! What do I care if it belonged to someones Grandfather? Everything has belonged to someone and all someones are important to some other person on this earth. So everything has sentimental value to...
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    Smoking crack and Ebay prices....

    One most people are stupid when it comes to drinking, gampling or buying this with out fixed prices!!! Why? They do not determine the value of the item to them before they place their first bid so they have no limit. I always knew how many drinks I would have before I went out to a party and...
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    Stupid things seen or heard at a CB shop

    I had a friend in college that decided he wanted to go down that road. Keep in mind before heading off to college I spent about 2 years in an electronic repair facility that did Amateur Warranty Work for all the major players, worked on all the commercial broadcast stations in the area and...
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    emperor 5010 microphone homebrew adapter

    Just get a mic plug adapter from Copper or off ebay......All the HR radio's and their clones use the same pinout for the mic wiring. For less then $6 I think it is you can get a adapter to allow 4 pin cobra mic to work in that unit or 5 pin Radio Shack din style to work with no soldering iron...
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    Idea's and opinions on converting broadcast mic for CB use

    Ok I bought a D104M6B NOS with the ceramic cartridge in it and older design. I figured this way I would not feel rushed to do this project quickly! I am thinking about feeding this mic into tube preamp that would give me total control over the signal ie level of compression and amount of...
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    Rework of 3cx3000 input and output circuit

    Unless I am terrible wrong I am pretty sure you do not need to alter the input tuning at all to narrow the out put tunning. You could leave the input brand band with selector to select what band you wanted but alter the output to be more specific. This way you only need to alter one half of the...
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    If I ran the FCC

    LOL......They do need to be seriously reformed. They have totally gotten away from the principals that they where founded on and are more a revenue generating arm of the government. It is kind of like the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Common sense is not at all common...
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    Idea's and opinions on converting broadcast mic for CB use

    What is so dreaded about the 2510 type radio's??? My son has his license and is using the radio I bought originally back in 1998 when I was going to get my license but did not get around to it....In fact before I got the radio I had it chip switched in advance planing to use it on 10/12 meter...
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    Bob Heil Talks Microphones 2012

    I generaly do not trust any info I get from anyone in an industry that owns a business and is looking to sell me something. It does not matter if we are talking musical instruments, mic's, radio's or car's.......Even has their own version of the truth that best match's what they have to sell...
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    Heil Sound Microphones......

    Opinion not fact but to me it seems like the more modern the gear the worse the sound. I mean the radio not the mic. They keep making everything more narrow in band width to the point that voice is degraded compared to on something less modern. Like another poster said the mic does no good if...
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    Idea's and opinions on converting broadcast mic for CB use

    You are right I know. I just like the look. I do not have to do it....I have considered a decent D104 off ebay. You have to admit though they made some sharp looking cast bodies with chrome plated finish on those old Harp Mic's. I almost bought a Heil(sp) but the company never wrote me back...
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    Guy does nice install work

    He did a nice job but I would say he had it easy...Look at the insane amount of space he had to work with! Now if that had been a Toyota Camry or a Chevy Camaro or a Buick Lacrosse and he managed to fit all that in the thing nice and neatly I would be impressed. Nothing against the guy at all...
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    THF6 Shortwave Antenna homebrew

    For $5 how can you go wrong and who cares if it is the best! That is a lot of listening pleasure and radio for $5....I would say "job well done"!
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    Idea's and opinions on converting broadcast mic for CB use

    Ok the radio's I have that need or could use a nice mic are diode switched. The ones that are fine as is are relay switched. Go figure. I was thinking about taking a PTT switch from a non-working mic and useing it to convert harp/early broadcast mic to CB use. I know I need the two auid line...
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    wow swings 500 watts lmao

    Maybe he could set up 5 100 watt bulbs next and light them all up......He would prob. use 35 watt bulbs and claim they are 100 watt bulbs though......LOL I can picture him sanding the numbers off the bulbs and stenciling new number's on.......LOL Sorry I have a vivid imagination!!! It scares...
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    Hook Up a Stereo Connector To A Old Mic Cable

    Are you joking just google 4 pin cobra mic wireing........ That small plug is a 3.5mm mic jack not a pc jack it was around long before computers had them in or on them. You know you will need a soldering iron the connectors do not come with leads you have to supply them. How do you...